### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Agreements Adopted by the Traffic Conferences of the International Air Transport Association OST-2011-XXXX

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

9 August 2011 Communications with respect to this document should be sent to

Douglas E. Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association 1776 K.St. N.W. #12 th 

### Floor Washington DC 20006

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Summary DOCKET: OST-2011-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 9 August 2011

Filing fee / IATA Acct: USD 61 / 0000-06

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 3 June 2011

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 680

Intended effective date: 1 September 2011

Agreement: PTC COMP Mail Vote 680 Resolution 024a Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges – Lithuania Intended Effective Date: 1 September 2011

R1 024a

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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT

Pursuant to statements submitted by Member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the undersigned has been constitu ted to be their attorney-in-fact for filing with the Department of Transportation copi es of agreements adopted by the IATA Traffic Conferences.
On their behalf, and pursuant to Sections 41308 and 41309 of Title 49 of the United States Code and Parts 303.03, 303.05 and 303.30 (c) of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, I am filing with the Department this applicat ion for approval of an IATA agreement.
This agreement and related factual a nd explanatory material and documentation required by 14 C.F.R. 303.31 and Department and Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) precedent are contained in the IATA Traffic C onference documentation summarized above.
This agreement arises from the continuing process of Tariff Coordinating Conferences and was developed in the context of prior Depar tment and CAB rulings addressing related resolutions which reflected regulatory and market conditions then in effect. Thus, the present agreement should be viewed as part of a dynam ic process of IATA Member airline adjustment to governmental and economic factors.
On previous occasions, the Department ha s found such agreements to be consistent with the public interest when they do not result in fares or rates that are unlawful or injurious to competition in the markets at issue. A pproval of the present agreement would not yield fares or rates that are unlawful or injurious to competition. Moreover, approval of this agreement, which reflects compromises among the differing economic and social philosophies of the many nations whose airlines are parties, will advance the public interest in maintaining good aviation relations with other countries.
We request early approval by the Department of the for egoing agreement, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41309, and the grant of full antitrust immunity, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41308.
The conferral of full antitrust immunity wo uld be in the public interest and necessary for the transaction to proceed. This agreement is a product of the IATA Tariff Coordinating Conferences which the Department found to be anticompetitive but nevertheless approved and immunized in Order 85-5-32 (May 6, 1985) on foreign policy and comity grounds because such action is necessary to achieve the serious transportation need of maintaining good aviation relations with other countries and these benefits are not obtainable by reasonably available means having materi ally less anticompetitive effects.
This agreement concerns fares or rates between non-U.S. points and thus has at most indirect application in foreign air transportati on. The U.S. authorities have recognized (e.g, Order 79-8-194, 30 August 1979) that the interests of sovereign nations in the conditions governing air transportation between them greatly exceed any that the U.S. might have by reason of U.S. airline, citizen or shipper partici pation. This agreement is not adverse to the public interest or in violation of the Act and, therefore, should be granted full immunity.
Respectfully submitted

___________________________ Douglas Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of this application or a summary notic e thereof has been served by first class or priority mail on the following person

Chief, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section Antitrust Division Department of Justice Washington D.C. 20530

________________________________ Douglas E. Lavin

9 August 2011 Date ServedInternational Air Transport Association

Route de l’Aéroport 33 PO Box 416 CH - 1215 Geneva 15 Airport Switzerland Tel: +41 22 770 2842 Fax +41 22 770 2662 www.iata.org E-Mail: tariffs@iata.org 27 May 2011

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1626

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Interline Tariffs

SUBJECT: PTC COMP Mail Vote 680 Resolution 024a Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges - Lithuania Intended Effective Date: 1 September 2011

M AIL V OTE
- A DOPTION

As no negative votes were cast during the voting period which expired 1400 hours Geneva time 24 May 2011, Mail Vote 680 as circulated by MV680-1 dated 17 May 2011, is declared adopted.

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 3 June 2011 . Members are reminded of their obligations under Resolutions 001 and 006 to advise this office by the end of the filing period whether approval by their Government authorities is required and, if so , to accomplish the necessary filing formalities. The effective date will be declared in accordance with Resolutions 001 and 006, when all the known necessary Government approvals have been received.

Alban Sato Manager Interline Tariffs IDFS PassengerADOPTED Res Doc: 1

MV680, May 2011 RESOLUTION 024a – ESTABLISHING PASSENGER FARES AND RELATED CHARGES

PTC1 (Mail 680) 024a Amending PTC2 (Mail 680) 024a PTC3 (Mail 680) 024a PTC12 (Mail 680) 024a PTC23 (Mail 680) 024a PTC31 (Mail 680) 024a PTC123 (Mail 680) 024a

Filing Period Begins 24 May 2011 Intended Effectiveness 1 September 2011 Ends 3 June 2011 Expiry Indefinite

Type A



### RESOLVED that, Resolution 024a, Attachment B is amended as follows

ATTACHMENT 'B'
Countries for which passenger fares and excess baggage charges are established in euro

Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Cape Verde Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France except French Polynesia (including Wallis and Futuna), New Caledonia (including Loyalty Islands) Georgia Germany Greece Ireland Italy Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia (FYROM) Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan UzbekistanADOPTED Res Doc: 1

MV680, May 2011 IATA Note:

1. The conversion from LTL to EUR will be done using the April 2011 IATA Clearing House Five Day Rates conversion rate: EUR 1 = LTL 3.4528. The Euro amounts will be rounded in accordance with resolution 024d Attachment ‘A’. 2. Fares from Lithuania will be converted to EUR at the above rate for intended effect 1 September 2011.